WAITINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.9m
-16.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£22m
+2% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
66
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
-45.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Watch the reel
Our short-form breakdown of WAITINGS LIMITED's latest filing
Inside the accounts of Waitings Limited. Record revenue, a squeezed profit margin, and a balance sheet built like a fortress. 🏗️
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,771,588 | £16,619,544 | £25,069,269 | £17,846,934 | £20,041,679 | +12.3% | |
| Operating profit | £2,983,371 | £2,249,641 | £6,972,208 | £2,349,592 | £1,147,109 | -51.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,185,882 | £2,062,930 | £7,175,792 | £2,989,088 | £1,633,155 | -45.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,345,503 | £1,618,344 | £5,746,690 | £2,211,721 | £1,224,668 | -44.6% | |
| Cash | £3,019,599 | £5,311,183 | £6,661,971 | £7,060,591 | £5,895,528 | -16.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,028,624 | £17,207,133 | £22,214,776 | £24,672,505 | £25,057,731 | +1.6% | |
| Net assets | £13,363,246 | £14,813,190 | £20,146,175 | £21,953,896 | £22,387,764 | +2% | |
| Equity | £13,363,246 | £14,813,190 | £20,146,175 | £21,953,896 | £22,387,764 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 66 | 66 | 63 | 66 | +4.8% | |
| Wages | £3,216,493 | £3,212,259 | £3,262,424 | £3,236,421 | £3,911,535 | +20.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £76,767 | £90,633 | £92,303 | £94,640 | £99,161 | +4.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 13.5% | 27.8% | 13.2% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 14.9% | 9.7% | 22.9% | 12.4% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.9% | 13.1% | 31.4% | 9.5% | 4.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 22.2% | 21.0% | 20.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.50x | 5.52x | 5.41x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 95.12x | 31.53x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WAITINGS LIMITED 2017-01-18 → present
- WAITINGS DRAINAGE LIMITED 2002-04-11 → 2017-01-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its working capital requirements through its cash balances and operating cash flows. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH, Adrian David | Director | 2002-07-23 | Jul 1973 | British |
| WAITING, David Robert | Director | 2016-04-28 | Sep 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAITING, Victoria Louise | Secretary | 2002-04-11 | 2016-08-05 |
| ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-11 |
| WAITING, David | Director | 2002-04-11 | 2004-02-24 |
| WAITING, Victoria Louise | Director | 2002-04-11 | 2016-08-05 |
| AR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waitings Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-15 | Active |
| Alison Elaine Noble As Trustee Of Vl Waiting Disc Trust | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2021-09-15 | Ceased 2022-10-10 |
| Mrs Lynda Dent As Trustee Of Vl Waiting Disc Trust | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2017-05-23 | Ceased 2022-10-10 |
| Mr Alan Mcviety As Trustee Of The Vl Waiting Disc Trust | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2017-05-23 | Ceased 2022-10-10 |
| Mrs Joan Christine Waiting As Trustee Of Vl Waiting Disc Trust | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2017-05-23 | Ceased 2021-09-15 |
| Mrs Christine Waiting | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-15 |
| Mr David Robert Waiting | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-15 |
| Executors Of Ms Victoria Louise Waiting | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-05-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.